{"id":94906,"date":"2026-06-01T04:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94906"},"modified":"2026-06-01T04:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:29:08","slug":"news-annd-analysis-6-1-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94906","title":{"rendered":"News annd Analysis 6\/1\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Attacks reported in Kuwait \u2013 home to a US military base \u2013 and around the strait of Hormuz in latest exchange of fire as peace negotiations continue&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jun\/01\/iran-strikes-us-military-base-kuwait-iranian-air-defences\">Iran Targets American Base in Region After US Strikes Iranian Air Defences<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Israeli officials have said they want to phase out US military grant aid \u2014 a position that sounds like a step toward ending US military assistance to Israel. It is not&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quincyinst.org\/research\/the-disappearing-aid-check-the-future-of-us-israel-defense-support\/?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_1_21_2025_13_26_COPY_01)&amp;mc_cid=3131e3a216&amp;mc_eid=4841da88e5#\">The Disappearing Aid Check: The Future of US\u2013Israel Defense Support<\/a> (Quincy Institute)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Opposition outlet says Masoud Pezeshkian asked to step down amid a power struggle with Revolutionary Guards commanders; regime blasts it as &#8216;factory for producing lies'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/s1qlzbqemg\">Iranian President Said to Seek Exit; Tehran Cries Mossad Gossip<\/a> (Ynet)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-explainer-beaufort-45d86ee821798e88d8e0c82576ca4558\">What to Know as Israeli Forces\u2019 Historic Lebanon Incursion Complicates an Iran Deal<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/6\/1\/israel-airstrike-kills-at-least-two-palestinians-at-gaza-port\">Israel Airstrike Kills at Least Two Palestinians at Gaza Port<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/b1n4aytemg\">Mossad\u2019s Hidden Army in Iran: Civilians Trained in Israel Deliver the Opening Blow<\/a> (Ynet)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;According to CNN, Iran used simple equipment such as bulldozers and dump trucks to clear roads and tunnel entrances which had been destroyed by the bombing&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-897897\">Iran Clears Bombed Tunnels, Restores Missile Operations Paused by US-Israeli Strikes &#8211; Report<\/a>\u00a0(Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[T[he US and the European sponsors of Israel &#8230; remain intransigently committed to a world in which they can coerce all Palestinians into submitting to Israel&#8217;s colonial and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/topics\/israel-genocide-gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">genocidal<\/a> policies and threaten all anti-Zionist Jews with excommunication&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/why-european-enemies-jews-and-palestinians-embraced-zionism\">Why European Enemies of Jews and Palestinians Embraced Zionism<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Tehran says it will not accept Trump\u2019s new terms as final, warning it is ready for war if talks fail over enriched uranium, frozen funds and Hormuz&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/h1ubnf9lfg\">Iran Plans Counteredits After Trump Toughens Deal Draft<\/a> (Ynet)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Since war broke out with Israel and the United States in February, Iran has ramped up executions, with many of the convicts hanged over the earlier protests&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nampa.org\/text\/22938332\">Iran Hangs Two Men over Mosque Attack in January Protests<\/a> (AFP \/ NAMPA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Attacks reported in Kuwait \u2013 home to a US military base \u2013 and around the strait of Hormuz in latest exchange of fire as peace negotiations continue&#8221;: Iran Targets American Base in Region After US Strikes Iranian Air Defences (The Guardian) &#8220;Israeli officials have said they want to phase out US military grant aid \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94906"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94910,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94906\/revisions\/94910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}